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The Zagat Review

4.2

Food

4.3

Decor

4.1

Service

Iron Chef Jose Garces' “quirky”, retro-tropical Cuban diner/rum bar in Washington Square West has amigos touting atmosphere straight out of “Hemingway books we read in school”, with “efficient” service and “flavorful” comida “perhaps better” than expats eat at home; for the few who say the dining room can get “a little noisy” from the “lively music and murmur of happy conversation”, the “take-out window is where it's at.”